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imagine wake up to that frankfort was spared thankfully but so many other places were not. at least ten people have died in this still menacing storm system. one in tennessee, three in missouri, six in harrisburg alone, survivors there and across the area describing what they saw and what they felt. >> it's very devastating. we are very lucky compared to the people out that way. very lucky. >> overwhelmed. just overwhelmed with emotions. i had no idea it was this bad. >> the lights went out. he came out of the bedroom and all of a sudden it was a freight train, the whole house was sh...

House. it was just built and their roof is on the other side of the street. it's absolutely horrific. >> the national weather service says the tornado that hit smithfield, mississippi, was an ef-5 on the tornado scale. that with winds 205 miles an hour. emergency workers have raised the state's death toll now to 33. they say without the repeated urgent tornado warnings from the weather service, even more people would have died. space shuttle "endeavor" is set to lift off on its final flight. president obama and his family will be there along with congresswoman gabrielle giffords who is recov...

The storms were just based on the visuals of what has happened there. if there's complete destruction, they know that is a higher value on the tornado scale. this enhanced fujita scale, we've seen some at ef-1 and ef-3. if ef-3 tornadoes were at their peak, it would be 165 mile an hour winds associated with that. i want to show you these pockets where tornadic activity did take place. what we do have, right across east central sections of north carolina, have been these tornadoes. they touch down. one tornado report going across the round for 30 miles. another one going across the ground for 2...